Thousands of Kaiser Permanente health care workers in Southern California and beyond returned to the picket lines Thursday for the second day of a planned three-day walkout.
SAN DIEGO - Thousands of Kaiser Permanente health care workers in Southern California and beyond, returned to the picket lines Thursday for the second day of a planned three-day walkout.The strike began at 6 a.m. Wednesday at Kaiser facilities across California, but picketing began three hours earlier at East Coast locations. An estimated 75,000 Kaiser workers were taking part in the strike, according to the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions.
The union has also accused Kaiser of cutting performance bonuses for employees, failing to protect employees against subcontracting and offering wages that fail to keep pace with inflation— all issues that Kaiser has refuted. Kaiser officials issued a statement Wednesday saying,"After six months of bargaining with the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, including a marathon effort that went through last night and into today , our bargaining sessions unfortunately ended without a settlement, and the Coalition strikes began."
The company also affirmed its commitment to hiring, confirming that it has already reached a goal of hiring 10,000 new union-represented employees before the end of the year.
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